Long-term Workhouse Inmates in Kingsbridge Union, Devon, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
---|---|---|---|---|
Agnes Weeks | 9 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Richard Lethbridge | 11 | 0 | Bad legs | no. |
Joseph Basset | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
William Putt Gillard | 5 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Jane Luggan | 6 | 0 | ditto | no. |
Thomas Osborn | 8 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
Mary Ana Ford | 6 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
Mary Ann Sullock | 9 | 0 | Bad sight | no. |
Elizabeth Wills | 6 | 0 | Weak mind | no. |
Jane Trute | 11 | 0 | Infirm | no. |
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